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Subject: cold migrants
From: Jacque Brown <jacque.brown1102(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 8:54am
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This Sunday David Oakley, Mike Mlodinow and I went to Lake Atalanta in Rogers,
the birds were not so varied as abundant. We couldn't believe the birds were
hanging out so low to the ground when normally they would have all been in the
tree tops. We saw at least 20 Blue Grey Gnatcatchers-probably more-as it
seemed they were everywhere, several Brown Creepers, White Eyed Vireo, which I
finally got a good picture of, Yellow Throated Vireo, a lifer for me, a Winter
Wren, LA Waterthrush, Lots of Parula, I had to have taken 50 pictures of the
Parula and 5 turned out. Yellow Throated Warbler, Orange Crowned Warbler,
another lifer, and many other birds. All the ones mentioned were in the lower
canopy within 10 feet of the ground or foraging on the ground.
I even found a Morel Mushroom in the cold. Jacque Brown, Bella Vista
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Subject: Re: Immigrants
From: Greg Burris <gburris(AT)ABF.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:24am
I do recall on a backpacking trip to Great Smoky Mountains NP about 4 years
ago, the park bird list included scissor-tails as a somewhat common bird in
the park. If this is true they must have expanded much further east after
arriving here.
Greg Burris
Fort Smith
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List
[mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of FENNELL, Ellen
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 5:05 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Fw: Immigrants
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From: FENNELL, Ellen
To: 'jhmosby(AT)cyberback.com' <jhmosby(AT)cyberback.com>
Sent: Sat Apr 12 18:04:49 2008
Subject: Re: Immigrants
I remember seeing on on roadrunner about 1970 on Hwy 17 driving from
Clarendon to Brinkley. Don't recall seeing on on scissortail here till much
later-ten or fifteen years ago.
Ellen
Little Rock
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
Sent: Sat Apr 12 11:37:16 2008
Subject: Immigrants
JoAnne Rife's comments about the arrival of scissor-tailed flycatchers and
roadrunners leads to some thinking and speculation about other species. I
recall seeing a scissor-tailed near the Arkansas River south of Conway in
the 1960s. Saw a roadrunner close to Conway about that time. Cattle egrets
moved into the Conway area a little later, maybe the early 1970s. Didn't
these come up through Texas?
We had coyotes and armadillos move in earlier, and were these from Texas
or Oklahoma? Or both? And fire ants. Wow. Didn't they come up through
Louisiana?
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Subject: FW: Audubon Birthday Hike at Gillam Park - April 18th 3 to 5
p.m.
From: "FENNELL, Ellen" <EFENNELL(AT)AUDUBON.ORG>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:32am
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Subject: Holla Bend NWR
From: Carla Mitchell <Carla_Mitchell(AT)FWS.GOV>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:39am
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The refuge is open. There's still a couple of sections of the auto tour
route with water over the roads, but they should be OK in a couple of
days, as long as the Arkansas River does not rise again in this area.
Carla Mitchell
Assistant Manager
Holla Bend/Logan Cave NWR's
10448 Holla Bend Road
Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834
Office: (479) 229-4300
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Subject: Woolsey Wet Prairie - Sora and Upland Sandpiper
From: Jason Luscier <jluscie(AT)UARK.EDU>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:46am
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David Krementz and I took our wildlife techniques class to the Woolsey Wet
Prairie (the wetland mitigation project just north of the new wastewater
treatment plant in Fayetteville) on Friday, 11 April. We saw 1 Sora and 1
Upland Sandpiper (plus lots of other shorebirds). The following is our
complete list:
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Sora (1)
American Coot
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper (1)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Mourning Dove
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Thanks,
Jason D. Luscier
e-mail: jluscie(AT)uark.edu
Department of Biological Sciences SCEN 632
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201
(479) 575-2984
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Subject: Amazing feeder diversity
From: Dorothy Cooney <psychtrek(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:55am
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My husband and I are new residents of Arkansas. Actually, we are still going
back and forth between our new place and the home we're trying to sell in Texas.
I am astounded at the diversity and numbers of birds at my black oil feeder!
At one time it's not unusual to see many A. Goldfinches, house finches, titmice,
chickadees, cardinals, red-bellied woodpecker, chipping sparrows, bluejays,
nuthatch, brown-headed cowbirds, and I forget what else. There is also a \RT
hummingbird pair here and wild turkey. Earlier in the year we had dark-eyed
juncos as well. I've also had a Mississippi Kite sitting on the purple martin
pole (no gourds up) in the yard. I thought I had a lot of birds in TX, just
south of Houston! I revel in nature and can't get enough of the critters here
besides birds - foxes, deer, dillos, possums, etc. I hate to have to go back to
TX even for a little while.
Dorothy Cooney
Friendswood, TX & Wickes, AR
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Subject: Re: . bird behavior
From: "Russell, Judy" <RUSSELL(AT)ADEQ.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 10:09am
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Do any of you know why birds, at times, will rub their beaks on a tree
branch (as if it's being sharpened), soon after visiting the feeder?
I've noticed this on different species, hummingbirds, titmouse,
woodpeckers. It's not every time, of course. Any answers?
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Subject: Re: . bird behavior
From: Ted <ted(AT)MUSIKHAUS.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 10:18am
In most cases they are cleaning their bill. I have seen pet birds do
it many times.
Ted S
Russellville, AR
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Subject: Re: Osprey & floodwaters
From: "Curry, Neil" <ncurry(AT)AGFC.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 10:35am
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Osprey was sighted in a dead snag eating a fish along the south side of
the Spillway of Lake Maumelle Saturday 4/12. @1/4 mile east of Hwy 300
near Natural Steps. Neil Curry AGFC. Little Rock.
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List
[mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Sara Caulk
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:35 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Osprey & floodwaters
My brother had osprey nesting in his backyard in Oregon (no significant
water nearby) and the preferred catch-of-the-day was bird-feeder raiding
squirrels.... much to his delight.
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Roselie Overby <birdergirl_2000(AT)YAHOO.COM> wrote:
I also saw an osprey Saturday at the top of a dead tree adjacent
to our property. That's a first for me here since we have no permanent
water bodies on the property. I also flushed two wood ducks from a
pecan at the edge of the yard. Made me wonder just how high the
Mississippi River is since it is about 15 miles away from me!
Roselie Overby
Oak Grove, LA
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Don & Judy <waterfall(AT)HBEARK.COM> wrote:
Working at my desk, I just watched a huge hawk circle
above the creek in front of the falls & land in an oak overlooking the
Piney. It was so much larger than the usual Red-tailed & Red-shouldered
Hawks I frequently see here. Striking bird, very large, all bright white
& black. The head was mostly white with a strong black eyestripe & a
smudge of tawny color. After I got a good look at the still bird with
binoculars, he swooped down into the creek, picked up something & flew
off downstream on long wings.=20
This was a thrill!
I have seen Osprey at this time of year over the White
River between Beaver Dam & Beavertown, but never over this tributary to
the Kings River. Of course all is at flood stage now in those larger
waterbodies so as the water recedes in our stream we have discovered a
variety of dead animals along the banks & in debris piles. Does anyone
out there know if Osprey also eat carrion? =20
Our BV's & TV's are very happy this spring with plenty
to feed their nestlings.
=20
Judith
Ninestone, Carroll County
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Subject: Fw: Osprey & floodwaters
From: Jacque Brown <jacque.brown1102(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 11:03am
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There is still an Osprey at Lake Atalanta in Rogers and we saw one fishing at
the Centerton Fish Hatchery on Sunday, too. Jacque Brown, Bella Vista
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From: "Curry, Neil" <ncurry(AT)AGFC.STATE.AR.US>
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:32:44 AM
Subject: Re: Osprey & floodwaters
Osprey was sighted in a dead snag eating a fish along the south side of the
Spillway of Lake Maumelle Saturday 4/12. @1/4 mile east of Hwy 300 near Natural
Steps. Neil Curry AGFC. Little Rock.
From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List [mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU]
On Behalf Of Sara Caulk
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:35 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Osprey & floodwaters
My brother had osprey nesting in his backyard in Oregon (no significant water
nearby) and the preferred catch-of-the-day was bird-feeder raiding squirrels....
much to his delight.
Roselie Overby <birdergirl_2000(AT)YAHOO.COM> wrote:
I also saw an osprey Saturday at the top of a dead tree adjacent to our
property. That's a first for me here since we have no permanent water bodies on
the property. I also flushed two wood ducks from a pecan at the edge of the
yard. Made me wonder just how high the Mississippi River is since it is about
15 miles away from me!
Roselie Overby
Oak Grove, LA
Don & Judy <waterfall(AT)HBEARK.COM> wrote:
Working at my desk, I just watched a huge hawk circle above the creek in front
of the falls & land in an oak overlooking the Piney. It was so much larger than
the usual Red-tailed & Red-shouldered Hawks I frequently see here. Striking
bird, very large, all bright white & black. The head was mostly white with a
strong black eyestripe & a smudge of tawny color. After I got a good look at
the still bird with binoculars, he swooped down into the creek, picked up
something & flew off downstream on long wings.
This was a thrill!
I have seen Osprey at this time of year over the White River between Beaver Dam
& Beavertown, but never over this tributary to the Kings River. Of course all is
at flood stage now in those larger waterbodies so as the water recedes in our
stream we have discovered a variety of dead animals along the banks & in debris
piles. Does anyone out there know if Osprey also eat carrion?
Our BV's & TV's are very happy this spring with plenty to feed their nestlings.
Judith
Ninestone, Carroll County
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Subject: Re: . bird behavior
From: Janine Perlman <jpandjf(AT)SWBELL.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 11:06am
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There's even a word for it---it's called feaking. =20
Janine Perlman
Alexander Mt., Saline Co.
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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: . bird behavior
Do any of you know why birds, at times, will rub their beaks on a tree =
branch (as if it's being sharpened), soon after visiting the feeder? =
I've noticed this on different species, hummingbirds, titmouse, =
woodpeckers. It's not every time, of course. Any answers?
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Subject: Re: . bird behavior
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?David_Ray?= <cardcards(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 11:45am
They just refuse to use napkins!
David Ray
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Subject: migrants just across the Mississippi River
From: Abigail Jeneane Darrah <adarrah(AT)UARK.EDU>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 12:56pm
On my way back from Memphis this weekend, I stopped at the Earth Complex
(wastewater treatment plant in SW Memphis) and T.O. Fuller State Park. At Earth
Complex were 4 Black-necked Stilts. The trail through T.O. Fuller SP held many
migrant songbirds, including 2 Hooded Warblers, an Ovenbird, Blue-winged
Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Red-eyed Vireo, Great-crested
Flycatcher, adn 3 Winter Wrens. I also spotted an Osprey on my way across the
river back into Arkansas.
Abby Darrah
Fayetteville, AR
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Subject: Stuttgart Airport IBA Cleanup, April 29
From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:20pm
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Birders,
Many of the places we go birding are also important for bird conservation. Some
of those sites are recognized by Audubon as Important Bird Areas
(http://ar.audubon.org/BirdSci.html). One of those is Stuttgart Airport,
recognized for supporting Smith's Longspurs, Sedge Wrens, Painted Buntings,
Bell's Vireos, and many other open country birds of conservation concern.
There are many ways we can help birds and the sites that support them. An
opportunity to do something good for birds, the environment, and a community is
coming up on Tuesday April 29. As part of the annual Keep Arkansas Beautiful
campaign the City of Stuttgart and Audubon Arkansas are cleaning up trash at
Stuttgart Airport along the entrance road and adjacent prairies. This is in
conjunction with a city-wide clean up at the same time.
I'm looking for volunteers from the birding community to show our support for
this Important Bird Area. Let's show the locals that we care about the place!
If you are coming from the Little Rock area you can carpool with me. My team
from Audubon will arrive around 3 and we'll pick up trash until around 5.
Starting at 5 (until 6) there will be food and entertainment in town at the
Chamber of Commerce on Main St.
Please reply off list if you will be joining us at the airport. Stuttgart will
provide garbage bags and rubber gloves. Thank you.
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: red-cockaded woodpecker
From: Judy Blackwell <blackwelltj(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 2:26pm
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This morning, a friend took a few of us to his deer camp and adjoining =
deer-lease land between Farindale and Carthage, a site southwest of =
Sheridan. For the past few years there has been an active group of =
red-cockaded woodpeckers on their lease, and he has spent many hours =
watching them.
He had received a letter from the timber company stating that all =
standing timber on the lease was to be cut, so he asked us if we would =
like to go checkout the RC woodpeckers and their status.
When we got to the areas where the various home trees were, the holes on =
the trees had had boards placed in them and then a metal shield had been =
placed over that.
There was not a woodpecker in site. Nor did he hear any during the =
several hours we were there.
Can anyone tell me what may have been done? Has anyone else had a =
similar experience?
My friend doesn't know if the timber company did this in hopes of moving =
out the birds, or if a government agency is responsible.=20
Judy Blackwell
Benton, AR
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Subject: Re: Immigrants
From: "Jeff R. Wilson" <OLCOOT1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 5:59pm
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The Scissor-tail has been a very rare breeder in TN mostly in the central
hill country in years past. Probably less than a half dozen old records. Now
birds are breeding yearly in quite a few areas in middle to southeast TN. I
found the first nests in just the past few years here along the Mississippi in
Shelby Co. I would say the park list you quote had it wrong as I would doubt if
there are few if any records in the park and if so they would be considered
accidental. Most NWR lists are usually way out of date or have much wrong
data but they are getting help now outside their own people but lots of list
still need help.
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens.
In a message dated 4/14/2008 9:25:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
gburris(AT)ABF.COM writes:
Great Smoky Mountains NP about 4 years
ago, the park bird list included scissor-tails as a somewhat common bird in
the park.
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Subject: And then there were 8
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 7:27pm
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I've been working hard on getting photos for all 403 birds on the AAS =20=
Field List into the Arkansas Birder Bird Identification page. (Pat =20
asked if I was growing a beard, but I just didn't want to take time to =20=
shave.) Well, I'm down to just 8 birds.
Flycatcher, Acadian
Kingbird, Couch's
Rail, Black
Swift, White-throated
Warbler, Bachman=92s
Warbler, Mourning
Warbler, Swainson's
Whip-poor-will
If you know where we can get a photo on the internet without violating =20=
copyright, please send the url. If you have a photo of any of these =20
birds in electronic form, please email it to arkansasbirder(AT)mac.com. =20
If you have a print send it by snail mail or I'll come pick it up =20
anywhere in Arkansas. We'll scan and return it. (I'm sure some of you =20=
have been taking photographs of birds since before Bachman's Warbler =20
became extirpated/extinct!)
Also, please continue to send us your photos of other Arkansas birds. =20=
They will all go into the Guest Photo Gallery and if they show a =20
different plumage or different field marks or can replace a photo not =20=
taken in Arkansas or not taken by an Arkansan, we'll use them to =20
"improve" the Bird Identification page. Actually, it's 2 pages now. =20
I'm trying to get at least one photo of all 403 Arkansas birds on Bird =20=
Identification 1. Bird Identification 2 has photos of birds in less =20
common or more difficult to identify plumages.
Whether you have photos to contribute or not, enjoy the Arkansas =20
Birder Gallery and the rest of the website.
Dennis Braddy
6 Maisons Drive
Little Rock, AR 72223
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end." - Stephen =20=
Hawking
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Subject: chimney swifts
From: "Christy A. Melhart" <cmelhar(AT)UARK.EDU>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 8:20pm
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Just wanted to share that my husband and I just heard and saw a flock of chimney
swifts fly over our house in Fayetteville. Its nice to have them back! Christy
and Mike Slay
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them back! Christy and Mike Slay</P>
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